https://youtube.com/shorts/5WGVF39jU3w When you or your child first start out as a martial arts student, it is incredibly common to wonder how much you need to practice at home and what kind of equipment you need to buy. Parents often look at the heavy-duty training floors inside a professional dojo and think they need to immediately […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/nNiSCEs1P7c If you have made the decision to look into martial arts for yourself or your child, you are already on the path to making a massive, positive investment in your family’s future. But if you take a drive through town or do a quick search online, you will quickly realize there are a lot […]
If you are a parent looking to get your child involved in martial arts, opening up Google can instantly make your head spin. You’re hit with a massive wall of terminology, acronyms, and styles. You see signs all over town for Karate, Taekwondo, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), and if you don’t have a background on […]
(Click the pic above to download the July 2026 Word of the Month) If you step into our lobby during the month of July, you’re going to notice a completely different energy on our training floor. Our students will still be executing fast kicks, sharp punches, and conditioning their bodies, but we are also pivoting […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/RNCbFc4XmHM It’s a story we hear in our lobby week after week. A parent walks in, visibly exhausted, and says, “Kurt, I don’t know what’s going on. It is becoming such a massive battle just to get Johnny out the door and into his karate uniform. He keeps crying and telling me he doesn’t want […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/KWg6pi1iDM8 If you sit back and quietly audit the conversations happening in your home, you might be shocked by how many times you hear the word no or the phrase “I can’t.” You ask your child to try a new task, work through a difficult homework assignment, or practice a physical skill, and you get […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/YKi_2pij2G0 It is an exhausting pattern that happens in households all over Kenosha every single day. It’s time to leave the house, so you calmly say, “Johnny, please go put your shoes on.” Nothing happens. Johnny stays glued to the floor, completely ignoring you. Two minutes later, you try again, raising your voice just a […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/e3u9G7Rl_EI It’s a scene that plays out in living rooms all across Kenosha every single evening. You walk down the hallway, and you see your child absolutely locked into a video game. Their eyes are glued to the screen, their thumbs are moving at lightning speed, and they have an intense, unshakeable focus. They are […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/NckMosgopy8 As a martial arts professional who has been training and teaching for over 39 years, I hear from worried parents every single week who are trying to navigate the painful reality of schoolyard bullying. When a child comes home crying because they are being teased, poked, or picked on, well-meaning parents often resort to […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/6HZBXknltw8 Over the last five or six years—and honestly, ever since the disruptions of COVID—I have noticed a massive, troubling shift on our training mats. I call it the “Push-Up Test,” and it highlights a major crisis in childhood resilience. When a child walks into our dojo today, it doesn’t matter if they are 5, […]
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